1966 VFL Season Semi Final 1: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 3 September 1966 between Geelong and Essendon in the first semi final of the 1966 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at the MCG. Graham Farmer captained the hosts. Ken Fraser captained the visitors with Johnny Birt as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Peter Pianto and the visitors were coached by John Coleman.

Geelong (12.14.86) were defeated by Essendon (15.6.96).

Match Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Round: First Semi Final
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 3 September 1966
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 93,765

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Essendon
Score: 12.14.86 - 15.6.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 4 3 . 5 7 . 9 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Essendon 6 . 1 10 . 5 13 . 6 15 . 6 15 . 6 (96)
Margin ESSE by 15 ESSE by 42 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Graham Farmer
Coach: Peter Pianto

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fraser
Vice-Captain: Johnny Birt
Coach: John Coleman

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Barr, Alan ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 22 21 1 6 0 1 1
9 Devine, John ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 3 0 5 3
16 Eales, Colin ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 0
5 Farmer, Graham (c) ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 16 1 3
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 0 2 13 11 2 1 0 4 1
11 Hosking, Ron ? ? 0 0 23 21 2 4 0 4 0
4 Lord, Alistair ? ? 3 3 21 17 4 1 0 3 5
2 Marshall, Denis ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 0 4
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 2 1 12 10 2 6 0 0 0
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 2 0 14 10 4 7 28 2 0
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 2 15 14 1 1 0 1 3
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 0 2
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 2 0 22 20 2 9 4 0 2
10 Sharrock, John ? ? 1 2 22 17 5 6 2 1 2
20 Teasdale, Alan ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 1 0
8 Vinar, Paul ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 3 0 3
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 2 4 11 10 1 3 0 0 1
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 1 3
31 West, Roy ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 14 279 237 42 68 53 25 34

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Birt, Johnny (vc) ? ? 2 1 21 20 1 3 0 2 3
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 3 2
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 3 1 20 14 6 4 0 2 3
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 6 0 1 1
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 5 0 5 1
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 1 0
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 2 2 9 7 2 4 0 1 0
27 Forsyth, Jim ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 1 0 32 26 6 10 0 5 1
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 2 0 2 0
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 1 1 14 12 2 3 0 1 0
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 6 22 2 3
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 2 0 0
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 8 5 2 2
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 2 0 12 10 2 0 0 1 1
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 4 0 0 0
5 Shaw, David ? ? 3 1 20 19 1 4 1 1 2
19 Somerville, John ? ? 1 0 10 9 1 2 0 2 5
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 4 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 6 267 233 34 69 37 34 25

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s